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To: haqihana who wrote (17356)	4/24/2000 12:12:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

If you would admit your true motives I have, I do not wish to be bothered by magic and superstition at every public event, and I certainly don't want public policy made on that basis. You are so afraid that Christians Christain belief is no different at the core than New Age, ancient religion, astrology, or many other belief systems. In this country the Christains are much more numerous and evangelical. There is also a sizable fundamentalist wing which appears to want to establish a theocracy, preventing that disaster is where I place my emphasis. TP

To: haqihana who wrote (17356)	4/24/2000 7:39:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

the concept of separation of church and state, was to prevent the domination of the politics of a nation by any one denomination of religion. It, in no way, said or implied that religious ceremonies should be banned from public places, or events. If government starts sponsoring or subsidizing religious ceremonies of one religion, isn't that a big step in the direction of establishing a state religion? Don't get me wrong: I believe that everybody has the right to raise their children in the religion of their choice (except in a few extreme cases where the safety or health of the child is endangered). I would fight to protect your right to your church, and I would expect any freedom-loving American to fight to protect my right to raise my children as atheists, if I choose to. But I don't think government has any business supporting any religion, and I think schools should stay well out of it. I want to keep government out of a field where government has no right or competence to intrude, and in fact cannot intrude without interfering with some citizen's exercise of a basic right. Isn't that a good conservative position?